“There Are Degrees Of Loneliness, Ways In Which The Experience Of Loneliness Deepens, Becomes Something Like What We Might Call A Way Of Life. This Way Of Life Is Both What Is Most Damaging To Us As A Culture, And, Paradoxically, Contributes To Its Richness. It May In The End Be Our Lasting Contribution To The Life Of Our Planet.” — Thomas L. Dumm —